No-deal Brexit to see UK immediately end EU freedom of movement

LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The United Kingdom will end European Union freedom of movement rules immediately after it leaves the bloc on October 31, ABC News quoted the country's Home Office as saying on Tuesday.

The freedom of movement regulations allow citizens of EU countries to live and work without restriction in any of the other member states, with approximately 3 million EU nationals currently residing in the UK.

Under British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's predecessor Theresa May, the government had said only that if the UK left the EU without a transition deal, it would aim to end free movement "as soon as possible".

Mr Johnson, who took office last month, has promised to take Britain out of the EU with or without a deal on October 31